Longtitude
What is the main line of longitude?
Greenwich Meridian or Prime Meridian
What are the five main lines of latitude?
Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Artic Circle and Antarctic Circle
Earth is a sphere divided into __________
360°
What are coordinates?
Can a place's relative location always change?
It can always change.
How many degrees is the Prime Meridian?
0°
How many degrees is the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer? Include "N"or"S"or"E"or"W"
Tropic of Capricorn 23°S, Tropic of Cancer 23°N
The earth turns how much in 24 hours if it turns 15° per hour?
360°
Is it true that we use letters and numbers for coordinates?
It is true
What is this an example of:My house is 5 minutes pass the school at 23°N and 58°E
It is an example of both a relative and absolute location.
What are these lines of longitude called?
Meridians
Are lines of latitude not equidistant? True or False
False they are equidistant
Where is the time zones measured from? Give the name and the type of line.
Greenwich meridian or Prime Meridian
Line of Longitude
Can we see actual coordinates?
No because lines of longitude and latitude are imaginery.
What is a relative location? Give an example.
A defined description of the location of a place in relation to something else.
Do the lines of longitude divide the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
The lines of longitude divide the Erath into the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
What is each degree split into?
Minutes (')
What does GMT stand for and state the other name given for GMT?
Greenwich Mean time and Universal Time
Is coordinates an absolute location or relative location?
It is an absolute location
What is an absolute location? Give an example.
Defined by its lines of latitude and longitude (geographical coordinates)
Why are lines of longitude not equidistant?
Lines of longitude are not equidistant because they follow the curvature of the Earth and are widest near the equator.
Lines of latitude are measured in minutes and then the minutes are divided in seconds, list the signs.
Minutes=(')
Seconds=(")
How do we calculate the time with time zones?
East of the Prime Meridian we add one hour, west of the Prime Meridian we subtract one hour.
In coordinates which one comes first lines of longitude or latitude?
Lines of latitude come first then lines of longitude.
What are the symbols of the north, south, west and east?
Norths=N, South=S, West=W and East=E